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1200673

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date	04/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tourist Attractions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the long-term effect of the closure order due to the covid-19 outbreak on the viability of (a) zoos, (b) safari parks, (c) aquariums and (d) farm visitor attractions.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	55028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Officials continue to meet weekly with BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) to provide updates on the reopening position and understand the impact closure is having on zoos, safari parks, aquariums and farm visitor attractions (where these require a zoo licence). We are also taking expert advice from Defra’s Zoos Expert Committee (ZEC), and engaging with some of the largest zoos to discuss additional concerns which are arising including over a longer time frame, and active consideration of these is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>Zoos are eligible to apply for a range of support schemes including the Job Retention Scheme, VAT deferral, Business Rates Relief, the Business Interruption Loan schemes, the option to reclaim the costs of Statutory Sick Pay and grant funding of up to £25,000.</p><p>In addition, the £14 million Zoos Support Fund, which was opened on 4 May to help those zoos, safari parks, aquariums and eligible farm visitor attractions in severe financial distress due to the disruption caused by COVID-19 remains open for applications until 19 July 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 16:04:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1200674

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tourist Attractions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the arrangements are for continuing inspections by his Department of (a) zoos, (b) safari parks, (c) aquariums and (d) farm visitor attractions during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	55029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981, local authorities are responsible for arranging inspections of activities that require a licence under the Act. This includes zoos, safari parks, aquariums and farm visitor attractions (where the latter exhibit non-domesticated species of animal).</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 10:45:35 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1200675

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tourist Attractions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding he plans to make available to help ensure the viability of (a) zoos, (b) safari parks, (c) aquariums and (d) farm visitor attractions ordered to close during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	55030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Zoos are eligible to apply for a range of support schemes including the Job Retention Scheme, VAT deferral, Business Rates Relief, the Business Interruption Loan schemes, the option to reclaim the costs of Statutory Sick Pay and grant funding of up to £25,000.</p><p> </p><p>The £14 million Zoos Support Fund, which was opened on 4 May to help those zoos, safari parks, aquariums and eligible farm visitor attractions in severe financial distress due to the disruption caused by COVID-19 remains open for applications until 19 July 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We are engaging with some of the largest zoos to discuss additional concerns which are arising including over a longer time frame, and active consideration of these is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>We are also continuing to engage with BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) to monitor progress and any newly arising issues; and will keep working with the industry to understand their longer-term concerns.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 14:07:08 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1200676

registered interest
date	04/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tourist Attractions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and (b) consultation he undertook with (i) zoos, (ii) safari parks, (ii) aquariums and (iv) farm visitor attractions before the decision was made to legally close such visitor attractions due to the covid-19 outbreak on 1 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	55031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State holds discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues. Officials meet weekly with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums to provide updates on the reopening position, including meeting them on 31 May, along with representatives of the larger charitable zoos, to discuss the Government’s decision to add zoos, safari parks and aquariums to Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020, which came into force on 1 June.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 13:54:20 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198252

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his 9 May 2020 announcement of new walking and cycling funding in response to covid-19, when he expects payments of that funding to be received by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The first £45 million tranche of the Emergency Active Travel Fund will be released to local authorities as soon as possible. Officials are currently working at pace reviewing the applications for funding submitted to Department. Indicative allocations for tranche one have been published on gov.uk and Plymouth was provisionally allocated £249,000. The Department intends to confirm the final amounts awarded to individual local authorities later this month. This will enable work to begin at pace on emergency measures such as closing roads to through traffic, installing segregated cycle lanes and widening pavements. The second tranche of £180m will be released later in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/06/2020 15:18:21 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198254

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak and the Bank of England’s reduction in interest rates, what plans he has to reduce the interest rates applied to Plan 2 Income Contingent Repayment student loans.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The system for setting interest rates on student loans is set out in The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009, as amended.</p><p> </p><p>Student loans have much more favourable terms than commercial loans and the Government regularly monitors the interest rates set on student loans against the interest rates prevailing on the market. The most appropriate comparators for undergraduate student loans are the effective interest rates available on unsecured personal loans, as published by the Bank of England (data series CFMBJ77 and CFMBJ94).</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor Covid-19 impacts on students and work to understand the issues they face.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 08/06/2020 13:53:01 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198396

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether additional Government resources have been made available to the Marine Management Organisation to enable that organisation to assist the fishing industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Alongside the £5 million repurposed from existing funds available through the Maritime and Fisheries Fund (MFF), an additional £5 million contribution from HM Treasury was made available to support English fishing and aquaculture businesses. This formed the total £10 million financial support package made available through the Fisheries Response Fund (FRF) and Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme (DSSS) delivered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO reprioritised and temporarily redeployed existing colleagues to rapidly deliver payments to over 1,200 businesses under both funds.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 14:10:49 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198397

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fisheries: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what performance indicators are in place to monitor and assess the performance of his Department and its agencies in assisting the English fishing and seafood industries during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Assistance tailored specifically to the English fishing and seafood industries has been provided to during the COVID-19 outbreak through the Fisheries Response Fund and the Direct Seafood Sales Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The objectives of these interventions are to: preserve productive capacity in the seafood sector; ensure firms cope with the short-term shock caused by COVID-19; ensure that fishing, aquaculture and fish processing provide a source of protein; and allow important globalised food supply chains to continue during the outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>Progress toward these objectives will be measured both quantitatively and qualitatively as part of an independent evaluation, which Defra and MMO are commissioning. The evaluation will also assess the performance of Defra and the MMO, and it will be externally peer reviewed before it is published.</p><p> </p><p>As of 2 June, the MMO has made 1,152 payments to the catching sector, amounting to 98% of the 1,175 fishers that have applied to the Fisheries Response Fund. Of the 79 aquaculture businesses invited to apply, 75 have received funds, which is 95% of the total.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has also implemented a variety of non-legislative measures to support the fishing industry. These include new guidance and reduced registration times to support fishermen to sell directly to customers and working with Seafish to enhance the marketing of domestically caught species.</p><p> </p><p>A number of schemes are available to support fisheries and aquaculture businesses and a summary can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/an-update-from-tom-mccormack-ceo-marine-management-organisation.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 14:15:16 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198398

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Seafood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme in meeting its objective to increase the supply of local seafood to domestic markets.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Defra and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) will shortly tender for an independent evaluation of the Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme (DSSS), as well as of the Fisheries Response Fund (FRF). The evaluation will focus on both the implementation process and the impact of each intervention. The evaluation will be delivered in adherence to guidance issued by HM Treasury and a final report will be published on project completion following external peer review.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 08/06/2020 16:35:17 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198400

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Aquaculture: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many aquaculture businesses he estimates will receive funding from the Fisheries Response Fund; and what steps his Department will take to assess the effective of that Fund.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Out of 79 aquaculture businesses invited to apply to the Fisheries Response Fund, 75 have received funds. Some are not eligible while others have been asked to provide further information.</p><p> </p><p>Defra and the MMO are commissioning an independent evaluation of the fund’s effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/06/2020 13:48:42 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard